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Schedule The schedule is updated throughout the semester.
Date | Speaker | Institution | Title |
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Nov 8, 2024 | Patricia Sorya | Université du Québec à Montréal | Bounding non-integral non-characterizing Dehn surgeries |
Nov 15, 2024 | Mike Wong | University of Ottawa | An introduction to Morse homology |
Abstracts
Date Nov 8, 2024
Speaker Patricia Sorya
Title Bounding non-integral non-characterizing Dehn surgeries
Abstract A Dehn surgery slope p/q is said to be characterizing for a knot K if the homeomorphism type of the p/q-Dehn surgery along K determines the knot up to isotopy. I discuss advances towards a conjecture of McCoy that states that for any knot, all but at most finitely many non-integral slopes are characterizing.
Date Nov 15, 2024
Speaker Mike Wong
Title An introduction to Morse homology
Abstract In this talk, we will outline how Morse theory can recover the CW homology of a smooth, finite-dimensional, closed manifold, with a view towards Floer homology.
If you have questions about the seminar, please direct them to Mike Wong, at Mike [dot] Wong [at] uOttawa [dot] ca.